Hat fastener



Jan. 10, 1950 EA MA BAKER 2,493,908

HAT FASTENER File-3 June 3, 1947 hwg/v TOR.

ga/na 562/1159 i" Patented `an. 10, 19.5.()

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hat fasteners.

More particularly, my invention has as an object to provide a novel device which is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture, efcient in use, and one adapted to be attached to a hat, particularly a womans hat, for the purpose of holding the hat in place upon the head of the wearer.

Another, and equally an important object of the invention, is to construct a device of this character so that when in use it is invisible and is capable of being applied to, and removed, from the usual conventional type of hat wherein there is provided in such hat a hat band.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing Ia preferred form of the invention associated with a womans hat of conventional design;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a mounting plate embodied in the invention;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a hat showing the method of associating the mounting plate with the hat band thereof;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 3 showing the mounting plate in a partially attached portion;

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 4 but showing the mounting plate completely mounted upon the hat band; and

Fig. 6 is a p-lan view of the invention shown attached to a hat band.

A preferred form of my invention is shown in the drawings and is there indicated at I0.

The hat attachment embodying my invention comprises a comb-like member I I of relatively thin flexible material and which may be made of metal, Celluloid or any other suitable and relatively thin material.

The comb-like member II includes two substantially parallelly extending attachment arms I2 each having their free outer end portions diverged slightly and having outwardly extending hooked portions I3. Formed integrally with the body I I are a plurality of teeth I4.

The hat attachment includes a mounting plate I5 of at elongated formation and provided in adjacent corners with perforations I6.

An attachment pin is indicated at I 'I. One end portion of this pin provides an eyelet, or ring I8, projected in one of the perforations I6.

A split ring I9 is mounted in the other perforation IB.

As shown, the pin I1 is somewhat longer than the length of the plate I5.

Form-ed in the plate I5 Iare spaced webs 20. These webs 20 are formed in the plate I5 by slitting the plate as at 2 I.

The plate I5 is removably mounted to the hat band 22 of the hat 23 by projecting the pin II through the hat band 22 so that when the pin is projected through the hat band in a direction from the inner side thereof, the projecting portion of the pin will extend beyond the plate I5 as shown in Fig. 4. This portion of the pin indicated yat 24 is then passed into the ring, or eyelet I9, after which it is bent back upon the plate as shown in Fig. 5. In this manner the mounting plate I5 may be removably attached to the hat band.

The pin in effect acts as a hinge for the plate I5 to facilitate positioning the plate I5 in a convenient position whereby the arms I2 may be projected beneath the webs 20, it being pointed out that the material from which the plate I5 is formed permits the flexing outwardly of these webs 20 when the arms I2 are applied to the plate for positioning beneath the webs 20.

With the comb I I mounted to the hat as shown in Fig. 1 it may be projected into the hair of the wearer of the hat to securely hold the hat in place upon the head.

As it is intended that the comb be formed of a flexible material, it will be apparent that the arms I2 may be compressed toward each other during their movement into position beneath the webs 20 and when released these arms will eX- pand to bear against the webs 20 and thereby to releasably hold the comb II in position.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A hat attachment comprising a mounting plate having a pair of spaced aligned web portions of flexible material and provided at opposite corresponding corners with perforations, a pin element having an eyelet mounted in one of the perforations, a split ring mounted in the other perforation and adapted to be threaded upon said pin element, said pin element being adapted to be bent back upon itself to embrace the split ring, in combination with a comb having parallel attaching legs adapted for positioning beneath the said web sportions.

2. A hat attachment comprising a relatively flat thin flexible elongated plate having a pair of spaced aligned Webs formed therein and in opposite corresponding corners a pair of perforatons., a pin having an eyelet connected to said p1ate,

through one of said periorations, a split eyelet" connected to said plate througiiztlemthei: ofsaid. l

perforations and adapted to embrace and coopera ate with the pin to attach the plate to a band of a 4 hat, in combination with a comb having a pair of spaced attaching arms adapted for positioning beneath said Webs. Y

EDNA M. BAKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

z UNITED STATES PL'IENTS` Number Name Date 672,708 Mosher Apr. 23, 1901 1,277,565 Fritch Sept. 3, 1918 2,255,611 Brown Sept. 9, 1941 f FOREIGN PATENTS f Number Country Date 214,182 Great Britain Apr. 17, 1924 4,011 Great Britain of 1911 

